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Two THE TWIG March 18, 1932 PuWshed Monthly as the OSicial Organ 0/ the Student Body of Meredith College PRUB Choate .Editor Minwal Cates Assistant Editor Pauunb Barnes Business Manager Salue CouNCit ^.^.J^anaging Editor Dorothy Meiuutt ^Managing Editor Mae Campbeli ^-.J^anaging Editor Lottie Belle Myers.. Asst. Bus. Mgr. Eliza Briccs 4sst. Bus. Mgr. , REPORTERS Emily Miller Frances Gray Mary Lois Parker Mary Florence Cuumimcs Grace Lawrence Nancye Viccellio Miserere HErniicK [anb Parker Entered as secoDd-cIass matter OcMber 11. 1023, at Postoffice »t Raleigh, N. C., nnder Act ot Uarch 3, 1979. Acceptance for mailing at special rat* of Kiitage provided ter in Section 1103, Act ot ctolMr 3, 1917, authorized October 11, 1S28. Subscription Price ?1.25 ^ EDITORIAL^ Campus Elections in Full Swing Not until the virtues of folks are shouted from the house tops are they truly appreciated. Cam pus elections make us look for those qualities which best suit one for the major offices to be filled for the ensuing year. Campus elections ai’e trj'ing times! More Entertainments Please The Hullabaloo Minstrel was one of the most unique and enter taining things to happen on the campus in weeks. One remedy for the lack of social life is more entertainment of this nature. We want more social life intro duced hi) similarly as enjoyable evenings. A Freshman says: “I’m say ing, ‘li is I’ and ‘the bell has rung’ this week, ’cause its good English week.” It’s good that sucti designated weeks come to catch those previously careless in English for one week at least! Small impressions are better than none at all. Women Become Critical A group of women studentsr at the University of Southern California have agreed to pay the full cost of dates if their es corts can measure up to their standard of “the perfect man.” Should the boy rate only 50 per cent, the girls will stand only half the cost, and the lower in esteecm the male falls, the greater share of the bill he must foot. Hero’s liow the model man will be rated by the girls: intelli gence, 20 per cent; cultural background, 15 per cent; personal appearance, 15 per cent; personality, 10 per cent; physi cal fitness, 5 per cent; clear understanding of the meaning of the word “no,” 5 per cent; social poise, 5 per cent; dancing ability, 5 per cent. I f iEXCHANGE COLUMN|^ When I consider liow my light is spent Ere I have finished what I meant to do, I think that paradise must be a place Where darkness never comes to ruin the view. II The world is too much with us, late and soon, ' Talking and talking we waste our time. And consequently learn nothing at all And talk and talk of that, then— it’s a crime: III My memory’s like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June It flourishes for quite a while, But, oh, it fades too soon. IV Oh, Roommate! My Roommate, our fearful trip is done. Our P. O. box was full for once, your letter, dear, has come. The door is near, the bell I hear, the others begin running— Hold on, my friend, until the end, to you I’ll soon be coming. But oh, dear! dear! dear! What is this cause of fright.^ There on the floor my Roommate lies Trampled, cold and white! nEf?EDITH My mousy instinct tells me something's afoot! I’ve heard the roord elections and with the lack of an animal dictionary, I must rely solely on my reason which tells me it's something about folks getting new jobs— whether I catch on or not as to the real significance of all this ■or noty I, your humble mouse, like the lively atmosphere that's present with it all. It makes me feel happy enough to celebrate by indulging in an extra cheese to sec those Meredith belles so excited. Mice need a thrUl for every tiocnty-four hours as well as young collegiates! And I'm learning things about the hired help on the campus that I SOCIAL COLUMN is my residence—they increase and diminish in a single night! I am told it was dll due to a min strel (Oh for an adviser as to the meaning of that) which was held on the campus last Satur day night. How their color came and went I do not see, for next morning the usual number of maids appeared for work. It is whispered that if one is to be a proper and up-to-the- minute mouse, one must reform and walk the proverbial chalk as far as reading good books is con cerned.^ As good books do in no ioise affect a mouse, but since my intentions are good, I beg to remain. Your . ‘'Would-Be Modern” Mouse. MISS IDA POTEAT IS SPEAKER AT VESPERS Overworked French Students Public opinion in France has been greatly stirred by the s.up- posed plight of her students. It has been alleged that the whole generation under 20 is menaced by overstudy, with its attendant ills—tuberculosis, meningitis, ty phoid , and cerebral anemia. Newspapers, magazines and educational reviews have dis cussed with sympathy the ques tion of relief. Two years ago an official commission of investiga tion was appointed. It is still deliberating. As a sample of an inflated uni versity course series A is cited. It includes no less than thirty French authors, twelve Latin authors, three of whom must bo read entire—Vergil, Horace and Livy; twelve Greek authors, with the Iliad and the Odyssey com pulsory. Candidates for a de gree are not required to have read all of these works, but the examiner may ask questions about any of tliem. The program for students specializing in modern languages is similarly full. Add to that the quota for history, literature and geogra phy, and a good dose of mathe matics, physics and chemistry, and there is no doubt that there is temptation to work too hard. (Continued from page one) the piano sang das Gebet (or Prayer). Miss Ida Poteat, the central speaker of the program talked very informally and charmingly on The Ideal Woman, the theme of the entire program. The very practical advice she gave for one who .would be an ideal woman was to have purity; to be without any pretense, natural and sincere; to achieve quietness and serenity by not worrying over the petty things of life, to believe in the beautiful, to enrich rather than lose interest with increasing age, and to lose one’s self in a good cause thereby preserving the 5oul. She paid tribute to the Mother of Jesus in drawing this ideal woman whom she sketched A’cry beautifully in thought. As a closing prayer, the as sembly sang one verse of Abide With Me. Germans Think too Much (NSFA)—“American people have much more common sense than Europeans when they get through college,” is what an ex change student of Temple Uni versity says. “People over there are always thinking, thinking, tliinking—about philosophy, or some such thing. We have not many sports nor extra-curricular activities,” she lamented. “I saw my first football game here. It was marvelous. Do you know what I thought they were doing when the players all stood together at the beginning of the game? I thought they were having a prayer.” ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION SPONSORS MINSTREL (Continued from page one) solos. Mary Lucille was encored. A sextette composed of Hazel Martin, Mary Lucille Brough ton, Jo Arnette, Kitty Farris, Fannie Gilliam and Mary Lee sang several numbers with Eliza beth Lee as accompanist. In the May Court Prue Choate was queen with Margaret Haynes as maid of honor. Attendants were Ethel Mae Lowry, Virginia Hudson, and Katherine Haj'es. Ellen Hinckly and Alma Kee were buglers." Virginia Garnett did*a solo dance until joined by Eleanor Rozar, the jester, who was dressed to represent Felix. The results of the song contest were announced at this time. First prize was won by Mary Lee with Pat Abernethy winning second place. MEREI)ITH AND STATE I. R. C. HOLD JOINT MEETING TUES. f 4 Irene Thomas, ’31, Della Rob erson, ’30 and Virginia Craw ford, ’31 spent the last week-end of February with Rachael Marsh- buiTi. - Edwina; Martin, Lottie Belle Myers, Harriet Mardre, Rachael Marshburn, and Grace Pruitt entertained at a dinner party in their suite Tuesday evening, March the first. Those present were: Chris Johnson, Gaynelle Hinton, Velma Webb, Lib Thorn ton, Bill Harrelson, Rachel Biggs, A r i e Miller, Mary Frances Snead, Knox Hood, Mary Frances Underwood, Char lotte Makepeace, Frances Mc Neil, “Cat Byrd” Hicks, Edwina Martin, Lottie Belle Myers, Harriet Mardre, Rachael Marsh burn and Grace Pruitt. Margaret Lucas, ’31 was on the campus last Saturday. The twenty-three girls whose birthdays occur in March were entertained at a tea Monday afternoon in the B. S. U. office. The Shamrock idea was used in the decorations. Lillian Belle Jenkins, who was a student here last year, visited her sister, Sarah Elizabeth, and other friends, here last week-end. Mrs. J. H. Vernon visited her daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, last Wednesday. Isabelle Kinsey and Sara Har- rill attended the banquet given by the professional medical fra ternity of Wake Forest College, Phi Rho Sigma, Saturday eve ning, March 13. Burnette Hunt, a former Meredith girl is sponsor of the fraternity - and was guest of honor at the banquet. (Continued from page one) port there was a short discussion of the various points of the con ference brought out by Mr. Bus- bee. The next part of the program was in the form of an open forum discussion which was M by Miss Herndon, faculty adviser for the Meredith Club. She gave a sum mary of the proposals offered by the various countries at the “Dis armament Conference” which is being held at Geneva, Switzer land. The members of both clubs took part in the discussions which followed, giving many interest ing’ and important opinions. After the program, punch and ice-box cookies were served. Coming Events Chapel Program, Colton Eng lish Club—March 16. Graduating Recital in Piano, Gaynelle Hinton—March 18. Wake Forest-Meredith B. Y. P. U. Social—March 19. League of Women Voters— March 22. Spring Holidays—March 24- March 28. Hospitality Week End—April 2 and 3. Y. W. A. House Party—April 8, 9, 10. French Plays—^April 12. Dramatic Club Play—April 16. Classical Club Banquet— April 19. Junior-Senior B a n q u e t— April 23. Three Pasadena Junior college students pleaded “snow madness” as an excuse for resisting oflicers in a snowball riot during the recent snow fall there. The stu dents stated that they had never seen snow before and could not refrain from tossing snowballs. They were.dismissed.
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